PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Atunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johan Nickson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Nickson's choice of entrance music: Flybanger - Cavalry. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Atunes
vs
Nickson

185 cm
23
190 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

190 cm
32
190 lbs
18 - 20 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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V-Mask Clothing (10%)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arturo Atunes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Johan Nickson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Atunes checks a low kick from Nickson.
Nickson feints and then cracks Atunes's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Atunes down.
Nickson throws a leg kick
enabling Atunes to counter with a crisp jab.
Atunes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nickson misses with a combination
enabling Atunes to counter with a crisp jab.

Atunes has taken the fight to the clinch.
Atunes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nickson backwards.
Atunes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nickson backwards.
Atunes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nickson's efforts to push away.
Atunes tries to stall but Nickson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atunes prevents Nickson from breaking the clinch.
Nickson wants to get back to striking at distance but Atunes won't allow it.
Atunes has Nickson pressed against the cage, preventing Nickson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Atunes scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atunes scores with a shot to the side of Nickson's head.
Atunes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nickson wants to break free but Atunes has control.
Atunes misses with a body punch.
Atunes lands a nice uppercut.
Nickson takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Johan Nickson has been cut.
Atunes taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atunes has Nickson pressed against the cage, preventing Nickson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nickson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Atunes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Atunes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Atunes misses with a body punch.
Atunes tries a body shot but Nickson blocks it.
Atunes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nickson backwards.
Atunes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nickson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Atunes has him pressed against the cage.
Nickson has had enough of the clinch but Atunes keeps him there for the moment.

Nickson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nickson misses with the combination.
Atunes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nickson misses with a wild combination.
A jab from Atunes does it's job there.
Atunes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nickson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nickson takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Atunes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Atunes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nickson.
Atunes connects with a nice looking jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Atunes. That's going to slow Nickson down.
Nickson misses with the combination.
Atunes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Atunes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Atunes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nickson.
Atunes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Atunes throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nickson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nickson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Atunes tries to counter by clinching up but Nickson breaks away and moves out of range.
Nickson avoids the head kick by Atunes.
A good leg kick by Atunes.
Nickson misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atunes pushes Nickson away with a front kick.
Atunes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nickson.
Nickson misses with a leg kick
and Atunes counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Nickson misses with a hook.
Nickson connects with a solid leg kick.
Johan Nickson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atunes moves out of range of the strikes.
Nickson walks into a jab.
Nickson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nickson throws a series of punches but Atunes moves out of range.
Atunes appears to be looking for a big counter.

Atunes scores with a takedown into Nickson's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nickson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Atunes is controlling him.
Atunes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nickson is keeping the position for now.
Nickson wants to get back to his feet but Atunes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Atunes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Atunes loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Atunes's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Atunes has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Atunes postures up in Nickson's guard and throws a big left but Nickson blocks it.
Atunes distracts Nickson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Nickson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Nickson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Atunes.
Nickson throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nickson swinging wildly here.
Atunes lands a body shot.
Atunes takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arturo Atunes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johan Nickson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Atunes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

It looks like Arturo Atunes has been cut.
Nickson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Atunes scores with a shot to the body.
Nickson misses with a jab, cross combination.
A clash of legs there as Atunes blocks the low kick.
Atunes blocks a low kick nicely.
Nickson throws a right and a left that Atunes avoids nicely.
Nickson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nickson throws a left and a right that both miss

and Atunes counters by clinching up.
Nickson tries to break the clinch but Atunes is controlling the position.
Atunes scores with a shoulder strike.
Atunes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nickson is keeping busy.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Nickson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Nickson as Atunes tries to tie him up.
Atunes has a couple of punches blocked by Nickson.
Arturo Atunes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nickson can't break the clinch.
Atunes struggles to land a body shot inside as Nickson controls his hands.
Nickson is trying to force a seperation but Atunes has the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickson tries to circle away but Atunes has him pinned against the cage.
Nickson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Atunes avoids it.
Atunes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Nickson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Atunes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nickson can do to turn this around?
Nickson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Johan Nickson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nickson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nickson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Atunes.
Nickson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nickson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Nickson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Atunes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Nickson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nickson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nickson scores with a one two! Atunes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Atunes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Nickson manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Nickson swinging wildly here.
Atunes takes one to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crunch! Atunes slams his shin into Nickson's torso.
Nickson is breathing heavily.
Atunes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Nickson takes a step back to recover.
Nickson throws a series of punches but Atunes avoids them all with ease.
Nickson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Atunes connects with a solid leg kick.
Atunes throws out a powerful jab.
Nickson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Atunes throws out a powerful jab.

Nickson is rocked!
Johan Nickson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nickson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nickson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nickson is still on wobbly legs! Can Atunes finish him?
Atunes pounces like a tiger and cracks Nickson with a vicious hook! Nickson is down but not out! Atunes follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Arturo Atunes!
Arturo Atunes retains his middleweight title!
An intense looking Arturo Atunes took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'Like to thank My opponent for agreeing to the fight and Rad for having me here. I thank the Lord Jesus, and the LA fans are awesome.'.